Case History A client needed to complete a 9,100-ft (2774-m) horizontal well with a vertical depth of 7,200 ft (2195 m), targeting the Niobrara formation in the Denver Julesburg (DJ) basin. The well plan had changed from a 4,000-ft (1219-m) to a 7,000-ft (2134-m) horizontal well, and it was extended to 9,000 ft while the customer was drilling the horizontal section. The customer’s goal was to contact as much reservoir as possible from a

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